Clothworkers Foundation: Emergency Capital Programme

Overview

They recognise the immediate need for capital items and aim to make quick decisions on applications. However, if they receive a large volume of applications it may take up to two weeks for a decision to reach you.

They expect the criteria for this programme to evolve as their understanding of the needs of organisations supporting beneficiaries in their programme areas develops.

Key features of the fund:

• Applications are only open to charities whose beneficiaries are not based in London
• They will award capital grants of up to £5,000 (but they will not award grants equal to more than 50% of your annual income)
• They aim to communicate a decision within one week (but it may take up to two weeks)
• Capital projects that are planned as part of your organisation's ordinary course of business are not eligible; for these you may wish to review the What We page for their Open Grants Programmes

Key organisational eligibility:

• Income of less than £2 million per annum
• Work of the applicant organisation must fall within their nine programme areas
• They do not support organisations that promote a particular religion or that only provide services to people of a particular religion

You must demonstrate your not-for-profit status in the application form and your accounts. They fund the following types of charitable and not-for-profit organisations:

• Charities registered with the Charity Commission including Community Interest Organisations (CIO)
• Community Interest Companies (limited by guarantee without share capital)
• ‘Exempt Charities’ (in which case they require details of your principal regulator and/or evidence of HMRC exemption)
• Special Schools

Please note that a ‘Constitution’ document alone is not a sufficient demonstration of eligibility.

The 9 Programme Areas

• Alcohol and substance misuse - projects supporting people affected by, or at risk of, drug and/or alcohol dependency, and their families.
• People with disabilities - projects providing services for people with physical and/or learning disabilities, and/or for people with mental health issues. (They will not fund projects which focus only on meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act.)
• Disadvantaged minority communities - Projects that work with minority communities facing both disadvantage (e.g.: economic or cultural) AND discrimination (e.g.due to ethnicity, sexuality, faith) to: Promote integration between minority communities and mainstream society, and/or provide specialist services, and/or provide access to mainstream services
• Disadvantaged young people - projects which support disadvantaged young people, particularly (but not limited to) those in or leaving care, or not in employment education or training (NEET).
• Domestic and sexual abuse - projects supporting people affected by domestic or sexual violence.
• Older people - projects providing services for elderly people, in particular those living in areas of high deprivation and/or where rural isolation is an issue.
• Homelessness - projects providing services for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
• People with Disabilities
• Prisoners and ex-offenders - projects supporting prisoners and/or ex-offenders, or those at risk of offending, and their families.
• Visual impairment - projects providing services for blind or visually impaired people.